Shaye provides guidance to employers on a variety of employment law matters including, but not limited to:

• Creation and revision of workplace policies, practices, and procedures;

• Onboarding obligations and best practices for offer letters, documentation, and new employee training;

• Employment agreements, arbitration agreements, severance agreements, and other workplace agreements;

• Employee performance management ranging from performance evaluations to disciplinary actions and performance improvement plans;

• Management of the interactive process from the creation of policies and procedures to the management of individual accommodation needs;

• Implementation, coordination, and management of employee leaves of absence;

• Training, prevention, and response obligations and best practices for addressing harassment, discrimination, and/or retaliation in the workplace, including management of internal and outside investigations;

• Workplace violence prevention and safety planning;

• Assessment and implementation of individual employee separations and mass reductions in force, where necessary.

Shaye conducts workplace investigations regarding claims of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Shaye has completed extensive training in this area and is an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH).

Shaye conducts workplace audits to ensure compliance with California and federal employment laws. This includes, but is not limited to, audits regarding:

• Classification of exempt and nonexempt employees;

• Compensation structure, ranging from hourly, salary, piece-rate, commission, split shifts, and bonus payments;

• Timekeeping, wage statement, and payroll practice compliance;

• Meal and rest period compliance;

• Vacation/paid time off (PTO), sick pay, and final pay compliance;

• Expense reimbursement practices and procedures;

• New hire offer letter, orientation, notices, and related documentation and training;

• Employment agreement and arbitration agreement compliance and best practices;

• Discipline and performance evaluation procedures and documentation;

• Interactive process and reasonable accommodation training, procedures, and documentation;

• Leave of absence procedures and documentation;

• Sexual harassment training;

• Workplace violence prevention planning procedures, documentation, and training;

• Independent contractor classification;

• Separation of employment practices, notices, and documentation; and

• Recordkeeping and records retention and management.

Shaye provides remote training on a variety of employment law topics including, but not limited to:

• Annual legal and legislative updates;

• Wage and hour compliance;

• Interactive process and reasonable accommodation policies and practices;

• Harassment, discrimination, and retaliation prevention and training;

• Internal investigations;

• Responding to agency charges;

• Compliance with California’s Healthy Workplace Healthy Family Act and amendments;

• Workplace violence prevention planning and training;

• Leave of absence obligations and management; and

• Reductions in force